[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] New open source Web Browser for Maemo.

[From: Marcelo Oliveira]

Hi guys!

great job! congrats!

Just some tips from UI:

1) IMHO you should consider removing the Manaos icon from the toolbar. Is a 
toolbar, so you should not have the application item there. that should give 
some more space for the input URL field.

*Question : do you implement that feature the default browser has : the 
input field takes all the toolbar espace when selected ( v keyboard visible 
) ?

2) Loading page warning should use the system "loading something warning" 
that will make the user experience much more pleasurable.

3) I think it would be good to follow the ui guidelines, so I would 
recommend to avoid that custom look on the toolbar, but that is open to the 
developer!


Best Regards !

On 8/9/05, Jorge Souza <sao_jorge31 at yahoo.com.br> wrote:
> 
> Great job,
> 
> The MiniMo Browser is great. I have used it in my
> iPAQ. Btw, was it tested in a real device ?! How is
> the performance ?
> 
> I will look at it asap.
> 
> regards
> 
> --- Antônio Gomes <antonio.gomes at indt.org.br>
> escreveu:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This email aims to inform the launch of the MANaOS
> > Web Browser for the
> > Maemo/Nokia 770 Platforms. The MANaOS Browser is a
> > port of the
> > MiniMo/Mozilla Web Browser [1,2], an embedded
> > version of the
> > Mozilla/Firefox Browser. Some screenshots can be
> > viewed at [3, 4].
> >
> > It implements an application layer to provide a
> > Rendering Engine
> > independence. This layer is called BIA (Browser
> > Interface Agent), and it
> > enables the users to specify, at compile time, which
> > engine will be used
> > (GECKO/MOZILLA or KHTML/GTK+ Webcore).
> >
> > In this first release, the following features are
> > available:
> >
> > * DONE:
> > * Load internet pages
> > * Go back and forward to a desired page in the
> > window
> > * Can reload and stop loading of the web page
> > * Proxy configuration
> > * Progress bar to show web page downloading
> > progress
> > * Increase and decrease font size
> > * Web page menu item
> > - Open page
> > - Open file
> > - Save as
> > - Save image as
> > * Increase and decrease font size
> > - Details
> > * Edit menu
> > - Cut, Copy, Paste, Select all and Find
> > * View menu
> > - Show toolbar
> > - Show images
> > * Settings
> > - Browse offline
> > * Close window / all windows
> > * Enable sensitive menus and buttons, according
> > with the loading state
> > * Enable or disable Go and Forward buttons
> > according with the loading
> > state
> > * Global history window
> > - goto, delete and close
> > * 'new_window' signal working properly
> > - popups and links that activated new window are
> > being opened in the
> > right way
> > * Navigation menu item was completely implemented
> >
> > TODO:
> > * Open and close browser window and switch
> > between windows
> > * Open and define home page locating in the
> > internet
> > * Send e-mail
> > * Add to bookmark
> > * Set as home page
> > * Switching between browser windows
> >
> > FUTHERMORE
> >
> > It is compiled with plug-ins, extensions, cache,
> > dynamic loading and
> > JS support.
> >
> > FOOTPRINT
> >
> > At this point, it has about 17Mb of footprint
> > (RSS),
> >
> > REPOSITORY
> >
> > All packages and dependencies (both for i386 and
> > ARM platforms)
> > required for builduing MANAoS are available at [5],
> > including some
> > howtos and guidelines instructions.
> >
> > [1] http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/
> > [2]
> > http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7396996719.html
> > [3]
> >
> http://www.indt.org.br/10le/manaos/screenshots/screen01.png
> > [4]
> >
> http://www.indt.org.br/10le/manaos/screenshots/screen02.png
> >
> > [5] http://www.indt.org.br/10le/manaos
> >
> > Feel free for download and look at the source code,
> > send us patches with
> > new features or bug fixes. Every contribution will
> > be apreciated.
> >
> > ps1 : Special thanks for Doug Turner, the leader of
> > the MiniMo/Mozilla
> > Project, and your important help and advices.
> >
> > *ps2 : Some troubles still remain if the building
> > was performed through
> > the '.deb' files: The menu item created can not
> > startup the application
> > (MANaOS). Tips ?? In this case, the start up of the
> > application must be
> > done from the scratchbox command line enviroment,
> > using the
> > 'run-standaone.sh' env script.
> >
> > $$$$$$ run-standalone.sh /usr/bin/run-manaos.sh
> > *
> > We hope you enjoy it as you can !!! ;)
> >
> > kind regards
> >
> > 10LE Browser Team
> 
> 
> 
> -- Jorge Souza
> Embedded Linux App Developer
> 
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Marcelo Eduardo Moraes
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